St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-18
ALBION'S DRAMATIST.
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| he has infinite charms of the most refined
| taste that he yields the unbrOken staff of
| Prospero over the imagination OF mankind.
1t is becaose his spell is woven from truth,
| simplicity and nature herself. lCries of
Hear, hear.n] There lies q" -
THE HEART OF THE MYSTERY, !n9G
without effort the simplest mind passes into
the realms of Shakespeare's fancy, The
| BILE, all may drink from the inexhaustable
wisdom of this supreme Sage. And it seemsi
to me that no happier emblem of Shaker
| speare's genius in his native place couhl,
have been chosen than this memorial foup-
tain. [Cheers.] Isuppose we shall never be
| content with what little we know of Shake
| speare's personal history yet we can see him
in his home life here-a man of genial man.
| ners and persuasive speech, unassum-
| ing and serene. and perhaps unconscious
| that he had created in the world of letters as
| leo's discovery in the world of science. And
| we may conjure other fancies. We can pic
| ture Shakespeare returning from his bourne
| to find upon the throne queen, who rules
| with greater sway than the great Soverefgns
that he knew, and yet awhose reign has
| glories more beneficient than those of
Elizabeth. [Cries of "Hear, hear''l We
can try to imagine his emotion
| when he finds this dear England he loved so
| well expanded beyond seas, and we can at
| least be happy in the thought that when he
| had mastered the lesson of conflict which
| divide us from our kinsmen IN America he
| would be proud to see i'll Stratford, the gift
| of a distinguished American citzen-this
memorial of our reunion under the shadow
OF his undying name" Enthusiastic
| cheers.
Sir Francis Cunliffe Owen was the
next speaker. He made reference to
Mr.. Childs as personal friend and a
man whose generous nature and many
! qualities were as well known in England
as in his own country. The bands
! played the Queens Anthem" and
"Hail Columbia" and three cheers for
the queen, the president and Minister
Phelps and round of acclamationS for
Mr.. Childs concluded the outdoor pro-
ceedingS. The guests and the corpora
ton were afterwards given a banquet
presided. The Immortal Memory of
Shakespeare" was proposed by Theo-
dOre Martin, and was received in rev.
| erent silence. Lord Delaware gave
1.-The President" and
MIR. PHELPS RESPONDED.
He said that it was always gratifying
duty to reply to toast invariably hon
ored so heartily by Englishmen. The
kindness which everywhere surrounded
| the path of Americas representative
was evidence of the cordial friendship
felt toward their brethren across the
seas. In all that had been said regard
| ing the value of the continuance of
friendly relations between the countries
he cordially concurred. The relations
were not the property of England and
America alone, but concerned the
whole civilized world. [''Hear, hear
| 1t would be calamity too great to be
| anticipated if these relations should ter
inmate. 1t was ever to be borne in mind
| that the friendship of peoples depended
| far less on the conduct of their public
men than on the spirit which emanates
| from the people themselves. [''Hear,
hear."] Diplomacy probably got credit
for more than it was worth in the guild
ance of these relations. 1t had really
very little place in creating the existing
friendship between the two great
branches of the Anglo-SaXon people. Ma
tons did not quarrel unless they desired
| to do so, when hostile prOvocatiOn was
| not far to seek. Diplomacy did not
| knowledge and appreciation of each
others spirit. Friendly relations were
much better maintained by
! MUTUAL JUSTICE AND KINDNESS,
than by attempting to obtain diplomatic
promises that injustice and unkindness
! would not be attempted. Such prom
Uses might be worthless, and they were
needless when mutual friendship
bound tw countries together. 1t was a
| dlSllllCllNC luClll VI tilS SllU WHICH, IT'D
| distinguished cOuntryman, Mr.. ChildS,
had presented to Stratford-upon-
Avon that it was in accord with
| all proprieties and in unison with every
thing that will help to continue the
| friendship of England and America.
| In what better place could an American
| citizen erect memorial? Americans
had by pilgrimage for successive gener-
ations their right to a heritage in
Shakespeare in common with the Eng
liSh people. CHEERS. 1t was a we'll
timed memorial, given in the Jubilee of
the sovereign. He had been an inter-
ested spectator of the jubilee, but moth
ing of all he had seen impressed him
| mOre-nOt the pageantS, nor the con-
course of distinguished mcmillan the
display of the universal loyalty of the
people towards their queen and country.
[cheersl. To him that was the chief
lesson, and the most significant, of the
jubilee period. Americans who were
loyal to their own government could I'M
derStand the loyalty of the English peO-
pie. Concluding, Mr.. Phelps said;
Mr.. Child's gift, though from one American
citizeu only, will be applauded by many
| thousands of Americans who would have
| been glad to contribute towards it's erection
| Long may the memorial stand, an emblem,
| monument and landmark of the enduring
and cordial friendliness of my countrymen
and the English people. May generations of
| Englismen and Americans drink together of
its waters. May many generations of school
| boys drink in with its waters kindly thoughts
of their kinsmen across the seas. [Cheers.l
At this point the chairman read tele-
gram from the queens private secretary,
| saying:
Her Majesty is much gratified by your kind
| and loyal expressions, and is pleased to hear
of the handsome gift of Mr.. Childs 10 STRAIT
| ford.
Mr.. Walter, proprietor of the London
Times, proposed
THE HEALTH OF MIR. CHILDS,
| whom, he said, he had known for twenty
| years. He referred to the successful
career of Mr.. Childs as that of a self
made man, and spoke Of the noble uses
to which he applied his fortune. Dr..
Macaulay responded for Mr.. Childs.
Mr.. Irving, replying to toast to his
own health, said:
AS an actor 1 can crave no higher distinc-
ton than that of being prominently associ-
| ated with some public work in connection
| with Shakespeare's memory in Shakespeares
| native town. 1t is TO the lasting honor of the
| actors calling that the poet of all time was
| player, and that he achieved Immortality
| by writing for the stage. In the eloquent
tributes which have been paid to Shake
| speare one ever recalls the work of
his fellow actors, to whose loving care
we owe the first edition of his works and
| who tell US that he was a happy Imitator of
nature and most gentle expresser of it. All
| we can desire in the artistic embodiment of
life this most gentle expresser of nature has
| given us. The actors art to-day comes much
nearer Shakespeares estimate of its i'm
| portance in the intelligent life of a COM
| munity than it did in times when the cor
poration of Stratford-upon-Avon refused to
permit the performance even of his own
plays. l hope that reminder touches
icipal pride. The players were not treated
with contumely in Stratford, and perhaps lit
was the influence of Shakespearess memory
which induced the corporation on one
occasion to pay them the handsome sum of
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